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Omarian, a. and n.|əʊˈmɑːrɪən|
[f. the name of the Persian mathematician and epigrammatist, Ghiyāthuddīn Abulfath ‘Omar bin Ibrāhīm al-Khayyāmī (c 1100) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Omar Khayyam or his poetry; having the style or character of his poetry.
B. n. A student or admirer of Omar Khayyam; a member of the Omar Khayyam Club.
1898Daily News 31 Jan. 6/3 To the devout Omarian a reproduction in black-and-white of this early MS. will carry something of the fragrance [etc.]. 1898Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 3/4 The next service demanded of Omarian scholarship is an edition in the original Persian. 1901Ibid. 8 Jan. 2/3 Marie's needs are almost Omarian in their simplicity. 1907Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 3/3 Serious Omarians..are willing to do more for their master than merely turn down an empty glass. 1934A. J. A. Symons Quest for Corvo xi. 154 An American Omarian..contributed an Introduction.
Hence Oˈmarianism, ˈOmarism, admiration or imitation of Omar Khayyam; the doctrines or cult of Omar Khayyam. So ˈOmarite = Omarian a.
1897Daily Chron. 9 Dec. 7/2 All more or less imbued with the spirit of what is called ‘Omarianism’, and all..decorously convivial. 1898J. H. McCarthy in Westm. Gaz. 22 Feb. 3/3 The protest against what may be called Omarism. 1900Academy 21 July 55/2 Mr. Fawcett called Omarism a fad. Ibid., The Omarite message was interpreted: ‘Get drunk as often as you can, and stay so long as you can, for there's nothing in life half so profitable.’ 1918Naval Intelligence xxxix. 180 Stanza after stanza, which he reeled off in an ecstatic and maudlin manner with his eyes half closed and his head wagging—all Omarites do this, you may have noticed. |